Saturday, March 03, 2007

Update

Hi all!

Just a quick check in...We're thinking about changing our mailing address to that of Riverside Hospital because we are there so much!

The boys are doing well...both on room air, no breathing assistance, and in cribs. We're working on the whole "suck, swallow, breathe" thing right now. Strangely, the boys seem to be much better breastfeeders than bottle feeders, which is sort of rare. Both are over 4 1/2 pounds and gaining steadily. We still have no date on when they'll be home, but people are starting to hint it might be coming up sometime in the next few weeks. Today we went to sign up for CPR and they told us to sign up for an earlier date....a good sign? They are always really non-committal and aloof about it. So we wait...

Today was my shower and it was awesome...hard to drag myself to...felt like I was propping myself up and smiling and trying not to look like I was ready to crash from being tired. But, it was wonderful to see friends and family, and we got so many nice gifts! There's no way to express how thankful we are for all the support and love we've gotten.

Thanks for all your continued prayers and support. We appreciate any kind thoughts you send our way.

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The story of how the tader tots came to be

When I started this blog, I originally thought it was going to be a taderbaby...we chose the nickname after the delicious spuds served at Young's Jersey Dairy...but quickly found out it was tader tots! At 28 weeks gestation my placenta started abrupting and I was briefly hospitalized, then put on strict bedrest. At 31w 4d I was let up for an hour a day. At 32w on the dot, I was re-admitted for bleeding and began a four day fight to stop labor which I lost on 2.15.07 when Jack's placenta abrupted fully. If I hadn't been at the hospital, we wouldn't have made it. Upon birth, Jack's apgar was 3. The boys spent 4 weeks in NICU and this is their story, and mine.